On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Bernardo Barros <bernardobarros2@gmail.com>wrote:
Perhaps the developers want to take a look at this distribution.It is reported that is written in a `purely functional package management' and tries to be a highly safe OS, where `upgrading a system is as reliable as reinstalling from scratch'.
Because the files of a new configuration don’t overwrite old ones, you can (atomically) roll back to a previous configuration. For instance, if after a nixos-rebuild switch you discover that you don’t like the new configuration, you can just go back
It can be an inspiration for a new version of pacman rewritten in haskell? Also Don Stewart's talk about 'Scripting with Types' might inspire someone too (BTW since he started arch-haskell I think he is a Arch user):
Here's my 2 cents. If you want nixos, just use nixos. -- "Breathe Deeply and Dream"